Vienna created Women-Work-City, a housing project built for and by women as part of the city’s urban planning initiative. The project altered the city to make it safer and easier for women to live in. They put clinics, child care facilities, pharmacies, and post offices around apartment buildings. They redesigned walkways and added lighting. Because it was shown that after the age of nine, girls stopped playing in public parks, they also found ways to make public spaces safer and more appealing, bringing girls back into them. Most cities have not done what Vienna has.
